Book and process of making same



Mar. 6, 1923. r

T. POUGHER BOOK AND PROCESS 0F MAKING SAME Filed Feb. 9, 1921 Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

THOMAS rouenna, orsr; Louis, Mrssounr.

BOOK AND PROCESS or MAKING SAME.

Application filed February 9, 1921. Serial No.44=3,668. I

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THoMAs PoUcHEn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri,

have invented a new and useful Improve ment in Book and Process of Making Same,

of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to books and more particularly to the covers of small books, such as note, memorandum and bank books, and to the manner of securing the bookleaves and coversv together. In the manufacture of such books, the practice has been I to make the cover of two side pieces of heavy cardboard, which are placed alongside of each other with their adjacent side margins spaced apart, and then cover said side pieces with a material -whose marginal portions are folded over the marginal portions of the cardboard. The book-leaves are then sewed to a backing, which, in turn, is pasted to the inner faces of the side portions with its marginal portion lapping the folded-over marginal portions ofthe covering material.

Such books areexpensive tomanufacture byreason of the number of operations required 1n assembling the various partsand also by reason ofthe number of parts and the dif-' ferent materials required. The folding'of the marginal portions of the covering material over the marginal portions of the cardboard sidesrequires also that said covering shall be made larger than the size desired for the finished cover. Such books do not lie fiat in either closed or opened position, as they should do for convenience in making entries therein and for stacking of said books when closed. The stiff cardboard sides'of such books are unyielding in the users pocket and are liable to become broken and result in an unsightly book.

The principal object of the present invention is to produce a book which will eliminate the disadvantages hereinbefore mentioned. Other objects are to reduce the number of parts which form the cover, to

- form the book cover of a piece of material of a size and shape desired for said cover, to reduce the number of operations, to simplify and improve the construcition, and otherwise reduce the cost of manufacture. The invention consists principally in a book whose cover comprises a single piece of leather or similar material which has a band of reduced thickness; it also consists in notching the marginal portions of the transthereto.

parent strip which covers the window opening in the book-cover, and it also consists in the process of making said book and in the COmlOIDELtIOII and arrangements of parts herethe skived'portion of the cover.-

In the accompanying drawing my invention is shown in connection with a book of the kind used as a bank-book, but the invention .is applicable to other types of books as well. In the book shown in the drawing. the cover 10 is made of a single piece of leather or like material which is cut. out to the size and shape desired for the cover. The cover has a band of reduced thickness across its middle portion, which extends from top to bottom of said cover and is preferably formed by skiving the inner surface of the leather. 1 This skiving of a band in the middle portion of the cover 10 forms a shallow groove or furrow 11 which extends from top to bottom thereof.

The sheets, which form the leaves 12, are

of a shape corresponding to the shape of the cover 10, but are slightly smaller in size.

The sheets 12 are folded across the middle and brought together in book form to form the leaves 12 and are sewed as at 13 to the middle portion of a backing 14 of cloth or other suitable material of a size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of said leaves. The backing 14, with the leaves 12 secured thereto, is then pasted or otherwise secured to the inner surface of the cover 10.

Registering window openings 15 are then cut in that portion of the cover which forms the front side of the finished cover and in that portion of th backing which is secured The side of the backing which has the opening formed therein is then pulled away from the cover and the opening in said cover is then covered by a piece of celluloid or other transparent material, 16, whose notched or serrated marginal portion '17 are secured to the inner surface of the cover adjacent to the opening therein ,by means of the paste which secures'the backing to the cover. The portion of the backing, Which has been pulled away from the cover to per mit the window to be placed in position, is

then again pressed against the cover. This action causes the portions of the .bELCklHglO- cated opposite to the notches in the region of a the Window to be pressedinto saidnotches and adhere to th inner surface of the cover,

thereby firmly holding said windowin position. a

bending strain is not transferred to the sides ofthe cover, and the weight of the thicker side portions of the cover-causes these por- I tions to lie flat in both open and closed positions of th book.

I Aside'from the advantagesvabove noted,- books constructed 1n accordance with mymventioncan be furnished with leather -covers considerably cheaper than old style books having covers of imitation leather. Also,

the edges of the hereinbefore described cover are less liable to wear and become torn than an old styl book having stiff cloth-bound edges. Also. the cutting of the cover from a piece of materialof the size and shape desired for, thefinished cover results in a considerable saving of material and also eliminates -the hereinbefore mentioned folding and pasting operation.

What I claim is:

sists in cutting a piece of leatheror like material to th size and shape desired for the book-cover, reducing the thickness of said cover along the-middle thereof to form a hinge section, securing the book-leaves to a suitable backing along their line of folding,

pasting the inner "surface of said cover, mounting sald backing on said pasted surface with the foldedportionsrof said bookleavescpposite to the thinned portion of said cover, cutting a WlIlClOW opening through the front sid of said cover and said backing, pulling said backing away from said cover adjacent to said Window opening before the paste dries, covering the Window openingin saidcover with a piece oftranscover along the middle thereof to form a hinge section, securing the book-leaves to a suitable backing along their line'of folding, pasting the inner surface of said cover, mounting saidbacking on said pasted surface with th folded-portions of said bookleaves opposite to the thinned portion of said cover, cutting a'window openingthrough the front side of said cover and said backing, pulling said backing away from, said cover adjacent to said windowopeningbefore' the paste dries, covering the window opening in said cover With a piece'o'f transparent'material and resetting theturned back portion of the backing on said cover.

3. The process of making books which consists in cutting a piece of leather or likema terial to the size and shape desired for the book-cover, securing the bookj-leaves to i a suitable backing, pasting the inner surface of said cover, mounting said backing onsaid pasted surface, cuttinga window opening i through said cover and said backing, pulling 1. The process of making books which consaid backing away from saidgoover ad acent to sa1d window opening before the paste dries, covering the Window opening in sald .covervwith a piece of transparent material,

and resetting the turned back portion of the backing on said cover.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 7th day of February, 1921, 1 r

' e p i THOMAS POUGHEIR. 

